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VMware ESX Topology by CIM Job

This job discovers the server inventory and virtualization topology using the CIM protocol.

This section includes:

ClosedTrigger Query
  • Trigger CI: VMware ESX Server

  • Trigger Query:

    Node Name Condition
    CIM NOT Reference to the credentials dictionary entry Is null AND CimCategory Contains "VMware"
    VMware ESX Server NOT BiosUuid Is null
    IpAddress NOT IP Probe Name Is null
ClosedAdapter

This job uses the VMware_ESX_Topology_by_CIM adapter.

  • Triggered CI Data

    Name Value
    credentialsId ${CIM.credentials_id}
    esx_bios_uuid ${SOURCE.bios_uuid}
    esx_cmdb_id ${SOURCE.root_id}
    hypervisor_cmdb_id ${HYPERVISOR.root_id}
    ip_address ${IP.name}
  • Adapter parameters: none

  • Used Scripts:

    • memory.py

    • host_discoverer.py

    • cim.py

    • cim_discover.py

    • vmware_cim_discover.py

    • vmware_cim_report.py

    • vmware_esx_topology_by_cim.py

ClosedDiscovered CITs

  • Composition

  • Containment

  • Cpu

  • IpAddress

  • Virtualization Layer Software

  • VMware ESX Server

  • Node

  • VMware Host Resource

  • ExecutionEnvironment

ClosedLimitation

Only BIOS UUID, Primary IP Address and hostname values may be available in virtualization namespace for virtual machines. If none of these values are present, VMs cannot be reported and are skipped.